Rules! vs Maze Explorer Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rules!
Engage in a fast-paced, challenging, and fun puzzle game with a hundred levels. Features a daily brain workout for Apple Watch and animated stickers. Offers multiple game modes and unique mechanics.
- Daily Apple Watch brain workout
- Animated sticker pack
- Beginner, Expert, or Timeless game modes
- Multi-touch interface
- Color perception assistance
- Surprising new game mechanics
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• Includes a daily brain workout mini-game for Apple Watch • Includes animated sticker pack • App Store – Best Apple Watch Game of 2015 • App Store – Best of 2014 • German Developer Award 2014 – Best mobile Game • German Video Game Award 2015 – Best mobile Game • Pocket Gamer Awards 2015 Finalist Best Casual/Puzzle Game & Most Innovative Game RULES! is a cute puzzle game that's challenging, fast-paced and fun. • Choose your preferred type of game: Beginner, Expert or Timeless • “What’s presented here is a stylish, original, clever puzzle game that I’m having trouble putting down long enough to write this review.” ~ Gamezebo “A delightfully constructed memory test that grows in complexity and appeal the deeper in you go.” ~ Pocket Gamer “The Coding Monkeys have never released anything that wasn’t utterly brilliant, therefore Rules shall almost certainly be brilliant.” ~ Pocket Tactics Follow RULES! into a hundred level-deep maze of cuteness and order: • Multi-touch interface at its finest • Color perception assistance mode • Whales, Unicorns, Robots and Squirrels! • A plethora of surprising new game mechanics
Maze Explorer Game
Navigate challenging, procedurally generated mazes filled with traps and enemies. Use strategic thinking and quick reflexes to find the exit before time runs out in this engaging puzzle game.
- Procedurally generated mazes
- Dynamic enemy AI
- Time-based challenges
- Fog of war mechanics
- Emoji-based characters
- Progressive difficulty
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Maze Explorer is a challenging puzzle game that tests your problem-solving skills through increasingly complex mazes. Navigate through intricate labyrinths while avoiding traps and escaping enemies. Use your strategic thinking to find the exit before time runs out! Features: • Multiple difficulty levels with procedurally generated mazes • Dynamic enemy AI that reacts to your movements • Time-based challenges that test your quick thinking • Fog of war mechanics that limit visibility, adding to the challenge • Vibrant, emoji-based characters that express emotions based on the game state • Progressive difficulty that increases as you advance through levels Perfect for puzzle enthusiasts and casual gamers alike, Maze Explorer offers an engaging experience that combines strategy, quick reflexes, and spatial reasoning in a colorful, accessible format.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Maze Explorer Game at Free against Rules!'s $2.99. Maze Explorer Game also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). Rules!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (67 vs 3). On in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Maze Explorer Game is free to download; Rules! costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Maze Explorer Game holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rules! has 67 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Rules! ships an update monthly, Maze Explorer Game every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rules! | Maze Explorer Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (67 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #200 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 137b | Minner Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Rules!
Maze Explorer Game
Bugs and requests
Rules!
Reported bugs
2 issues- Freezing and crashing issues, especially on Apple Watch
- Unresponsive tapping on certain tiles
Requested features
5 requests- Option to save progress and continue from last level
- Randomized rule order
- Difficulty settings with longer time limits
- Colorblind accessibility options
- More game modes and challenges
Maze Explorer Game
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rules!
No in-app purchases
Maze Explorer Game
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Rules! free?
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